My Summer Working in Regulatory Affairs

Aksa Choudhry, COL ’26, Sicklerville, NJ

As a Health & Societies major with a concentration in Bioethics, I’ve always been drawn to the intersection of medicine, policy, and public health infrastructure. This summer, I had the opportunity to work as …

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Advancing Global Health Through Sickle Cell Research: My Summer in the Abdulmalik Lab

Szirina Ismail, COL ’26, Toronto, Canada

As an aspiring physician committed to global health, I was drawn to the Abdulmalik Lab for its focus on sickle cell disease: an illness that disproportionately impacts vulnerable communities in the Middle East, sub-Saharan …

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Learning Persistence Through Nanomedicine Research

Rachel Ou, COL ’26, Bridgewater, NJ

This summer, I worked in the Tsourkas Lab at the University of Pennsylvania on a project aimed at improving antibody-conjugated liposomes for targeted drug delivery. Antibody-functionalized liposomes are powerful tools because they can deliver …

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New Avenues

Nikhil Grobes, COL ’26, Philadelphia, PA

I identified Dr. Lisa Schwartz’s behavioral oncology lab last summer because of its patient-centered nature. The Schwartz lab’s greatest purpose is to identify and target the barriers that block Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) …

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Gen Z and AI: How the Digital-Native Generation Uses Tech at Work

As Gen Z continues to enter the workforce, they’re entering a job market unlike any before—one shaped by fast technological improvements, shifting workplace norms, and, most notably, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). That raises the question—how is Gen Z …

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My Summer in the Planet Lab

Prabh Kaur, COL ’26, Seaford, DE

This summer, I continued my work in the Paul Planet Lab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) under the mentorship of postdoctoral researcher Dr. Amy Campbell and PhD candidate Nicholas Bolden.

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Behind the Scenes of Epidemiology and Toxicology Research: Dr. Aimin Chen’s Biostatistics Lab

Victoria Valdivia, SEAS ’28, Miramar, FL

The world of toxicology and epidemiology is an influential and ever-evolving one. Over the last year, I have been diving deeper into some of the most pressing issues related to American health and toxic …

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Critical Care Nurse Extern Experience

Amanda Moore, NUR ’26, Poughkeepsie, NY

This summer I had the amazing opportunity to participate in a nursing externship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. For 10 weeks, I shadowed multiple nurses and got the chance to work in two …

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A Summer as a Nurse Extern in the ICU

Leslie Njingang, NUR ’26, Silver Spring, MD

This past summer, I had a great opportunity to participate in the Clinical Nurse Externship Program with the Johns Hopkins Health System. My rotations in the Medical ICU and Cardiac ICU exposed me …

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Career Foundations for Graduate Students & Postdocs!

Calling all graduate students and postdocs interested in gaining a solid foundation as you explore your career interests and look to apply to opportunities! 

Career Foundations for Graduate Students & Postdocs is a series of programs to assist in preparing …

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Dianne Hull Senior Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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